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Originally Posted by SofaProfessor
Still a ton of improvement needed but they might be on the upswing if you want to mark that 5 on 3 in Nashville the absolute low point of the season for the powerplay.
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Sometimes it takes a low point like that before you can turn things around. I am old and my memory is foggy, but I believe when the '85-86 Flames had their 11-game losing streak, it ended with a 9-1 loss to Joe's Bar and Grill Peewee Creamery Kings (‘B’ Squad). After that they pulled their socks up all the way out of the subbasement and got real.
EDIT: Just checked, and it was actually a 9-1 loss to Hartford. So, the Peewee Creamery Kings ‘A’ Squad.
At this point, though, I'm not surprised that the special teams still suck. There's only so much practice time to go round, and there were many problems that more urgently needed fixing. Last year, 21 percent of the goals scored in the NHL were on the power play. If your whole team is broken, you need to fix the other 79 percent of your game first.